reglet

a flat strip of wood, lower than the typeface, used to separate lines of type

reglets collectively

Origin of reglet

French réglet from règle, a rule from Classical Latin regula: see rule

reglet

noun

Architecture A narrow, flat molding.

Printing A flat piece of wood used to separate lines of type.

Origin of reglet

French régletfrom Old French diminutive ofreglerulerfrom Latin rēgularod ; see reg- in Indo-European roots.

reglet

Noun

(plural reglets)

(printing) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title pages and other open matter. [from 17th c.]

(architecture) A flat, narrow moulding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. [from 17th c.]